Railway-tie and rail-fastening means.



J. J. ODONNELL. RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING MEANS.. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4,1909. 7

948,242. Patented Fb,1,1910.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

\ A TZORNEY.

To all wlwm'it I Be it known that I, JoHN Josnrn ODox- NELL, a citizen of the United States, residin at Biwabik, in thecounty of St. Louis an neweand'useful Improvements in Railway- Ties' and Rail-Fastening Means, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My inventionfrelates to improvements in metallic railway tie andv rail fastening means;

rail is securely fastened .to the tie.

One object of my invention is to provide a tie" of this character, whereby the rail and its fastening aneans are I readily applied from the upper 'face of the tie, and iirwhich the A still-further object of myflinvention is .to provide a tie in which the rails can be ad justed inwardly or outwardly as the occasion may call for, as is often the case. 4

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1,

and 5, and spaced a distance a art less than the width of the base of the rai whereby the rail can be shifted inwardlyor outwardly as desired, and which is often necessary in the construction of railways, as is well understood by those skilled in they art. The openings 4 and 5 as shown,-are of. circular form, as indicated at. 6, and have communicating at one .side inwardly-extending-rectangular openings 7. The -inner ends of .the'rectangus lar openings, as before stated, area distance apart considerably less than the width of the base of the rail, whereby the rail can be shifted inwardly or outwardly for straightening thetrack or for allowingfor the val in tion in the ties and gage of track as on] curves.

The rail dog 8 as shown, is formed with enlarged heads, having an inclined lower face, as indicated at 9, which engages the upper face of the rail base and firmly clamps the rail upon-the tie. The said dog is pro-,

vided with a rectangular waist ortion 10 of 'a thickness approximately eqi a to the width Specification of Letters Patent. I Applieation filed I 'ebruary 4.; 1909. Serial no; 476,151.

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site the rectangularopening 7, when the same is moved inwardly until the beveledface 91 engages-the rail base.

Patented Feb. 1, 1-910.

of the rectangular slot 7 'in' the The lower-end of the dog 8 is provided with'an passing the portion through the opening 6- until the shank or waist -portion 10 is opp'o-j I When in this position it will be seen that the portion 11 holds the dog against upwardmovement. The outer edge of the dog is beveled as indicated at 12."

The dog or shank portion thereof is of such a length that it, does not nearly extendto the the rectangular opening unfilled. Wedges 13 are placed in the unfilled portion of therectangularopenings, and are driven do'wn'-- .wardly engaging the beveled face 12 'ofthe dog, and force 1t inwardly so that it firmly engages the rail base and clamps the rails on the 't1e.' The wedges are providedwith enmore readily removed, or if desired, an open ing 15 may be formed in the wedge belowihe" larged heads lat for allowing the same to pehcadi.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:. y

1 .The combination with a hollow tie having bayonet slots in its'upperface, of a rail sup .orted by the tie, dogs interlocking in $511 bayonet slots and extending over the base of the rail, and means for locking the dogs-in said openings.

2. The combination with a tie having bayonet slots in its upper face, of a rail sup-- ported by 'the tie, dogs having intermediate ar'opening6, and leaves-a portion of reduced shank-portions entering the slots, 11

and forcln r the dogs inwardly upon the rail.

3. A rai fastenin comprising a metallic tie having bayonet fiots th erein, dogs1interlockingin' said slots and engagi andholding the base of the rail upon t e tie, and wedges driven intothe slots. between the dogs and the outer ends of Said slots.

and adapted to hold the rail uponthe; tie, and wedges adapted to be driven in the slots 4. A rail fastening com rising a metallic tie having-bayonet slots t erein,v dogs haw ing intermediate reduced shankport-ionsslidable-in the slots and the upper headed portions of the dogs having beveled faces engaging the rail base and clamping the same upon the tie, and wedges driven into the slots between the outer. ends and the dogs for forcing the dogs inwardly.

-5. A rail fastening comprising a metallic tie having longltudinal rectangular 'open- I ings, said tie having circular openings intermetallic tie having longitu secting the outer ends of the rectangular, openins, dogs having an upper headed port1on a apted to engage the rail and a lower headed portion adapted to ass through the circular opening, and a re uced connecting shank POIQOD'OIE angular form and entering the rectangular slot, and wedges driven in the slot 'on the outside of the dogs.

6. A ra'il fastening conigrisinga hollow inal rectangular slots therein, said tie having a circular open-' ing intersecting one side of each slot adjacent its outer end, dogs having enlarged lower ends adapted to pass through the circular openings and having a reduced ree-' tangular shank portion adapted to slide inwardly in the rectangular opening, said dogs having enlarged heads having a lower beveled face, ada ted' to engage the base of the rail, the rear ace of the dogs being beveled,- and wedges driven in the openings on the outside of the dogs, and means whereby said wedges-may be removed.

'7. The combination with a tiehavingjom gltudinal openings adjacent its ends, of a rail supported by the tie, said tie having 'circular openings intersecting the ends of the openings, dogs having upper headed or-' bayonet slots therein, of a rail SltFpOIlQd by 5.

the tie, dog's interlocking 1n sai slots and adapted to hold the rail thereon, and means forloeking the dogs in said openings. A

9. The combination with a tie having bay0net-s1ots therein, of a rail su v ported by so the tie, dogs interlocking in sai slots and adapted to hold the rail thereon, and wedges adapted to be driven in the slots and forcingthe dogs inwardly upon the rail.

Iii-testimony whereof I' aflix my. signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J OSEPH ODONN ELL. Witnesses:

NORMAN E; LA Mann, 8. Gaol STEVENS. 

